Cassandra Randall
December 14, 2016
Final Paper
Professor Sloan
Soc 111: Social Research
Psychological and Sociological studies have examined the impact of all types of stimuli on Teenagers/Youths criminal behavior- like Peer pressure, Parental Attitudes (not caring), Dropping out of School, Drinking, Drugs, and Yes, Violent Video Games. In the Criminal Justice world, the teenage brain itself has been cited as a reason to end Solitary confinement for Adolescents and teenagers-not to mention the abolition of both life sentences and the death penalty for Juveniles.
What are the Causes and Effects that makes Youths get into such Deviance Behavior?
When a Youth commits a serious crime, the first responses generally fall into three categories:
Call the Police to make an arrest
Complaints that the City Government is not doing enough to protect the public
Questions about what caused the perpetrator to go do wrong
Youth poverty, not youth biology is the most to blame for youth crime. Also their environment. Within every race and community youths suffer-poverty rated two to three times higher than older adults do. It is astonishing that researchers have complied theories and claims about youths:
Risk Taking
Impulsiveness
Brain Deficiencies
Crime Proneness
Without examining whether these are due to young people’s low socioeconomic status, not young age. Poverty and crime has a very close relationship that has been describe by professionals from all fields, from Sociologists to
The contributing factors to juvenile crime may include poor education performances, poor upbringing, substance abuse, disadvantaged socioeconomic status, low school
Incidents like abuse from family members, bullying, neglect, and sexual abuse are the most common. Repeated abuse can lead to psychological damage and emotional scarring. Not only are traumatic psychological experiences causing these juveniles to commit violent crimes. Situations, where children have poor education, a household without discipline, peer pressure, inadequate role models, low income, and substance abuse coupled with the wrong environment, can lead to a life of crime. These negative influences guide these juveniles on the wrong path towards crime. However, it does not mean these juveniles cannot succeed; it is however up to the juvenile to make the correct choices in their
Woodrow Wilson was the president of the United States of America at the time during WWI. The U.S was content with staying neutral during the first world war and it proved to be extremely beneficial for them as they became rich. The economic surplus that came with being neutral was enough reason for the U.S to stay out of the war. They were eventually pushed into participating in the war and played a key role in the allies victory. The reinforcements from the U.S helped tip the scales in the allies favor in the battle against Germany in the western front. Despite the great impact that the United States made by entering the war, it took many unfavorable events to push them out of neutrality. Some of those events are detailed in the first image
Benjamin Franklin dropped out of school at age ten due to lack of wealth. This misfortune caused Franklin, to be put to the test of challenges in adversity. However, he never stopped pursuing his education which ultimately lead to substantial inventions and America's founding fathers. Similarly, The Crucible, focuses on the conflicts of the Salem witch trials and the uttermost actions that can create dim ambitions. Arthur Miller's play “The Crucible”, exhibits characters that struggle through hardships which ultimately end in union. The Crucible is shown as a severe test or trial, it pertains to characters John Proctor, Reverend Hale, and Mary Warren because, they all faced adversity through several young girls unable to speak the
Juvenile offenders are increasing day by day regardless of the efforts to control the youth crime. It is important to understand the fact that even though the offenders fall in the young age bracket, they are still a part of human species. Human nature responds to violent actions with violent reactions. Violent reactions cause an increase in the violent actions instead of controlling them. However violent reactions may cause a temporary stop in the violent actions which may lead the authorities to believe that they have contained the crime. However, that doesn't stand true as a temporary stop does not result in a permanent solution.
Critically discuss the assertion that “young people are propelled into crime through circumstances beyond their control” (Muncie, 2005, p.116).
A young woman started playing a traditional wedding hymn and the side door of the Cabinet room opened and the priest, Jackson and Harry walked into the rose garden and stood by the alter. Both men were in their Marine Corps dress uniforms, complete with officer swords and Jackson’s left arm was in a sling. Both men cut quite the handsome figure standing there as United States Marines. The Medal of Honor, The highest military honor that the United States could bestow upon a member of the U.S. military, awarded for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty stood out around the neck of Colonel Jackson MacKenzie. This moment was very special to him so he decided to wear it in public for the first time at his wedding. Followed closely by Jackie when she stepped out of the Palm room in the West cannonade in simple and elegant white wedding dress with Colonel Chris Patterson.
The relationship between Crime and less fortunate people cannot underestimated; it may just be the way the media has conditioned us to characterize what a criminal looks like and how they live their lives. There are many low income cities and crime rates widespread across America. One may say that people with low income have nothing to lose when they commit crime or depressed or desperate to the point that they will commit crimes for the profit of money. Even though crime is committed at all walks of life, one can still pose a question to know if crime is more likely to be committed by people with low income that those with high income.
Young people have been a main focus in society. Since 1960 there has been an increase in youth crime which is the reason as to why there are major adult concerns (Newburn, 2013). “Government became more harsh and intrusive in dealing with young people who were seen to be a problem” (France, 2007, pg.19). Older generations perceive young people as having less morals and respect in comparison to what they did at their age (Newburn, 2013). In particular, society views the youth of today as troublemakers, lazy, untrustworthy and unreliable. There are different theories that provide an explanation between involvement in offending and different factors such as family factors and wider social factors which will be discussed below.
A violent crime occurs every 23.5 seconds in the United States of America. Even though crime has been at a low during the past decade, violence is still prevalent in today’s society. Most of these crimes happen in places that are socio-economically disadvantaged. There then is the debate of whether violent crime is associated with environments struck with poverty. There is a correlation between violent crimes and poverty because of the unemployment rates in major cities, the culture of poor areas, and drugs.
Juvenile offending is a major problem in society. Understanding the risk factors that contribute to the increased likelihood of a juvenile to engage in delinquency is important. There are many factors that can influence the increased risk of juvenile delinquency. These factors include poverty, low socioeconomic status, age (Jarjoura, Triplett, & Brinker, 2002), race, gender (Lucero, Barret, & Jensen, 2015), education (Lucero, Barret, & Jensen, 2015; Jarjoura, 1993), and family structure (Anderson, 2002; Kierkus & Hewitt, 2009). It is important to examine if some risk factors can contribute more than others and to what extent they interact with one another. This paper will discuss three important risk factors that contribute to the likelihood of juveniles engaging in deviant acts. The three risk factors discussed are poverty, family structure, and educational attainment. In addition, this paper will demonstrate how these three risk factors interact with one another, resulting in a higher propensity for involvement in juvenile delinquency.
In the United States, juvenile delinquency is becoming a major problem in the communities across the country. Because of the actions that these juveniles engage in on a regular basis, taxpayers across the country are having to shell out hundreds upon thousands of dollars to rehabilitate these children in order to help them make better choices. This leads citizens to wonder what factors actually cause juveniles to live a life of crime rather than success. In short, there are three main factors that often cause children to live a life of crime. These three factors are social influences, psychological characteristics, and academic potential.
Poverty and the relationship it has to crime is a long standing sociological, humanists and historical phenomenon. From the plight of the third world to the violence soaked inner city streets of the 1980’s, the relationship of crime and poverty has been the source of a great deal of social commentary. In societies throughout the world and throughout history there has always been a traditional measure of deviance through relative income gaps. Both poverty and crime as well as their connections are heavily weighed topics of political and social discourse. Opinions in these areas contain a great deal of variance. The prejudices of the old guard from the professional police era still utilize association with poverty as a measuring stick for social deviance. Meanwhile, intelligent social science continues to give insight to factors such as social disorganization, socialization into violence, as well as, the far reaching impact political, economic and justice based policies have on those in poverty.
Juvenile crime is a major problem in today's society, nevertheless it's one of the most
Youth have been described as being within the development process. That is, youth are biologically and psychologically progressing towards becoming adults. The implementation of risk/need assessments is useful for both adults and youth in relation to justice. However, youth lack autonomy and this results in their increased vulnerability. Subsequently, youth embody a particular combination of risk and need that is different than that of adults. The criminal justice experience of youth must consider the unique interplay of risk and need that exist in the lives of youth.